Strawberry Fields Forever

Song: Strawberry Fields forever
Artist: The Beatles
Composers: Lennon and McCartney
Album: Magical Mystery Tour

Tabbed by: DJ  7th April 2015

IMPORTANT TUNING INFO: Due to tape speed manipulation
the original recording is not in standard pitch,
the only way to play along accurately will require
some retuning. Using a chromatic tuner, tune all your
strings up approx. +40 cents above standard pitch.

CAPO: 2nd fret
(Song will then sound in approx. recorded key of E)

I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.

Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
D      = xx0232   G     = 320033   (C/B)  = x2xxxx
DM7/C# = x40222   G *   = xx5433   (C/A)  = x0xxxx
D7/C   = x30212   Dm7   = xx0211    Em7/D = xx0000
Am7    = x02010   Dm7/C = x30211    D7    = xx0212
Adim7  = x01212   F     = xx3211    D/F#  = xx4232
Em     = xx2000   Bdim7 = x2313x    C/E   = xx2010
C      = x32010   E     = 022100    C/D   = xx0010
                  Esus4 = 022200    N.C.  = No chords

The chords marked in brackets are intended to be
played as bass notes only, rather than full chords.

From the G * shape slide down into the Dm7 chord.
Emphasise the bass note on all the slash chords.

Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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[Intro]
  D    DM7/C#   D7/C  Am7 Adim7 Em    D       C  G
| /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  /  |

[Chorus]
N.C.
Let me take you down,
           G *   Dm7                    Dm7/C F Bdim7
'Cause I'm going to...Strawberry Fields,
                    C          D   E          Esus4 E
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about,
C         (C/B)  (C/A)  G
Strawberry Fields for - ever

[Verse 1]
D         DM7/C#    D7/C        Am7  Adim7
Living is easy with eyes closed,
Em             Em7/D            C
    Misunder - standing all you see,
             D7                G *
It's getting hard to be some - one,
       D/F#      Em    Em7/D
But it all works out,
C             D              C   (C/B)(C/A) G
   It doesn't matter much to me

[Chorus]
N.C.
Let me take you down,
           G *   Dm7                    Dm7/C F Bdim7
'Cause I'm going to...Strawberry Fields,
                    C          D   E          Esus4 E
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about,
C          C            G      N.C.
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

e|--3------------|-----------------|
B|--1--0---------|-----------------|
G|--0------0-----|-----------------|
D|------------3--|---0-------------|
A|---------------|-------3--2------|
E|---------------|--------------3--|

[Verse 3]
D         DM7/C#       D7/C  Am7   Adim7
No one, I think, is in my    tree,
Em             Em7/D            C     C/E  C/D  C
    I mean, it must  be high or low,
             D7                      G *
That is, you can't, you know, tune - in,
          D/F# Em     Em7/D
But it's  al - right,
C              D7                 C     G
    That is, I think it's not too bad

[Chorus]
N.C.
Let me take you down,
           G *   Dm7                    Dm7/C F Bdim7
'Cause I'm going to...Strawberry Fields,
                    C          D   E          Esus4 E
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about,
C                       G
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

e|--3------------|-----------------|
B|--1--0---------|-----------------|
G|--0------0-----|-----------------|
D|------------3--|---0-------------|
A|---------------|-------3--2------|
E|---------------|--------------3--|

[Verse 4]
D       DM7/C#        D7/C              Am7  Adim7
Always, no  ...some - times, think it's me,
Em                   Em7/D            C     C/E C/D C
    But, you know, I know when it's a dream,
          D7                  G *
I think I know, I mean, er... yes,
         D/F# Em    Em7/D
But it's all  wrong,
C              D7             C      G
    That is, I think I disa - gree

[Chorus]
N.C.
Let me take you down,
           G *   Dm7                    Dm7/C F Bdim7
'Cause I'm going to...Strawberry Fields,
                    C          D   E          Esus4 E
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about,
C                       G     Em
Strawberry Fields for - ever,
C                       G
Strawberry Fields for - ever,
C          D7           C
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

[Suggestion for a short Coda]    h = hammer-on note
    C                        G
e|--0--------------------|---3---||
B|--1--3------0-h1--0----|---0---||
G|--0-----0-----------0--|---0---||
D|--2--------------------|---0---||
A|--3--------------------|---2---||
E|-----------------------|---3---||

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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below nine of the diagrams.
   D7/C       Em          G          F        Bdim7
<2 of 25>  <3 of 26>  <2 of 27>  <2 of 16>  <3 of 11>
      Esus4         C/B         D/F#       C/E
    <3 of 25>    <12 of 15>   <3 of 20>  <3 of 32>

The remaining chord boxes can be the default first
option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you
are logged into your account, these choices will be
saved automatically for every time you view this tab

There are two inversions of G in my tab
(differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend).
Currently there is no facility to save both
variations as chord boxes, so you will have to
choose which one of them to display.
    G     or     G *
<2 of 27>     <5 of 27>